Tim Berners-Lee quotes - page 2

Physicists analyze systems. Web scientists, however, can create the systems. (Tim Berners-Lee)
Compared even to the development of the phone or TV, the Web developed very quickly. View quote
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I'm very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place. View quote
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I think IT projects are about supporting social systems-about communications between people and machines. They tend to fail due to cultural issues. View quote
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Everybody who runs a Web site knows we're not assured of compatibility, and we could end up with a split. View quote
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The most important thing that was new was the idea of URI-or URL, that any piece of information anywhere should have an identifier, which will allow you to get hold of it. View quote
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I don't believe in the sort of eureka moment idea. I think it's a myth. I'm very suspicious that actually Archimedes had been thinking about that problem for a long time. And it wasn't that suddenly it came to him. View quote
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Web users ultimately want to get at data quickly and easily. They don't care as much about attractive sites and pretty design. View quote
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The Domain Name Server (DNS) is the Achilles heel of the Web. The important thing is that it's managed responsibly. View quote
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Data is a precious thing and will last longer than the systems themselves. View quote
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In '93 to '94, every browser had its own flavor of HTML. So it was very difficult to know what you could put in a Web page and reliably have most of your readership see it. (Tim Berners-Lee)
What is a Web year now, about three months? And when people can browse around, discover new things, and download them fast, when we all have agents - then Web years could slip by before human beings can notice. View quote
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Customers need to be given control of their own data-not being tied into a certain manufacturer so that when there are problems they are always obliged to go back to them. View quote
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Most larger companies now see that for the market to grow, Web infrastructure must be royalty-free. View quote
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Whatever the device you use for getting your information out, it should be the same information. View quote
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IT professionals have a responsibility to understand the use of standards and the importance of making Web applications that work with any kind of device. View quote
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We shouldn't build a technology to colour, or grey out, what people say. The media in general is balanced, although there are a lot of issues to be addressed that the media rightly pick up on. View quote
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We need diversity of thought in the world to face the new challenges. View quote
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The Mobile Web Initiative is important - information must be made seamlessly available on any device. View quote
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The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past. View quote
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That idea of URL was the basic clue to the universality of the Web. That was the only thing I insisted upon. (Tim Berners-Lee)
Celebrity damages private life. View quote
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Sites need to be able to interact in one single, universal space. View quote
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The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website. View quote
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You're joining a group of people who can do incredible things. They can make the computer do anything they can imagine. View quote
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Tim Berners-Lee

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Occupation: English Inventor
Born: June 8, 1955
Quotes count: 101
Wikipedia: Tim Berners-Lee

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